4 Reasons Chipotle Is Destroying Fast Foodhttp://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-threatens-fast-food-chains-2014-9/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:37:01 -0500Ashley Lutzhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/54105b6cecad04a36a123b2dRHWed, 10 Sep 2014 10:08:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/54105b6cecad04a36a123b2d
Easy fix to the drive-through wait times - post the menu _before_ the intercom. I don't visit fast food places often (I am usually on the road when I do), so I am not very familiar with the menus. Because of this, when I reach the intercom to order, I feel like I need to scramble to read the menu. If I had time to consider the menu while people ahead of me were ordering, I could place my order more quickly when I get to the intercom.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540b64df6bb3f70640d9be71Alan Carl BrownSat, 06 Sep 2014 15:47:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540b64df6bb3f70640d9be71
I suspect a lot of restaurants are unavailable outside of urban and suburban areas. That's where the vast majority of the population live.
As far as the poor being forced to eat at McDonald's, when I was poor I cooked most of my own food at home. I ate fast food some times too, but I wasn't being forced.
I can get two meals out of a Chipotle burrito bowl, so I don't think its even all that more expensive. It certainly isn't more expensive to get the same nutrition.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540b61c4eab8ea9124f281b3Alan Carl BrownSat, 06 Sep 2014 15:34:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540b61c4eab8ea9124f281b3
They serve you fast and let you choose. And their ingredients are healthy and created with less cruelty to animals. I often get two meals out of their burrito bowls. Sugar is added to nothing.
Yes, I like variety. So I go to many different restaurants. I don't go to just one and eat everything on its menu.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540b09fc69bedd8e6ef281b9Jazzy_CSat, 06 Sep 2014 09:19:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540b09fc69bedd8e6ef281b9
Fast food restaurants won't completely go away here's why; first Chipotle's tend to located in middle class and upper middle class areas. They also focus on being in urban and suburban areas. That leaves a large population of working class, rural and poor people in this country who simply have little if any access to a Chipotle's location. In many cases this same demographic are forced to eat lower quality food simply because it cost less. This group of people also doesn't tend to be as educated about the effects of diet and nutrition on their long term health.
In short the future of many fast food restaurant chains will be similar to that of furniture rental stores, payday lenders, and predatory auto dealers. They will prey upon the people who are forced to eat their food due to lack of income and education, and better options in their geographic location.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a83d1eab8ea502a3bbe76Chipotle loverFri, 05 Sep 2014 23:47:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a83d1eab8ea502a3bbe76
I'll just leave this here:
www.uber2chipotle.comhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a4b14ecad041f6a3bbe7eDefinitely Not The NSAFri, 05 Sep 2014 19:45:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a4b14ecad041f6a3bbe7e
Thanks Boiler Room Guy!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a3c0b69bedd5f553bbe74KevFri, 05 Sep 2014 18:41:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a3c0b69bedd5f553bbe74
McDonald's doesn't own Chipotle. Where did you get that? They invested in them a long time ago but pulled out way back in 2006. That's pretty much the extent of McDonald's involvement with Chipotle.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a287b69beddc3048575c3SlowMoneyFarmFri, 05 Sep 2014 17:17:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a287b69beddc3048575c3
Millennials want...! Not everyone out here fits that demographic. Marketing perception works and the perception that Chipotle buys from small farms just doesn't pan out. They're importing some meats, their requirements are VOLUME - large restaurant, high volume and not the whole chicken but only the parts they want. For three restaurants that's 2,000 birds per week - roughly 18,000-20,000 birds on hand at all times. That's not quite the guy with a few chickens outside the old farmhouse depicted! Yet people still believe it, and Chipotle won't even discuss the "when available" and what happens when it isn't. So you might be eating regular plain ol' meats, which cost less but no discount on price. Some aren't happy with the quality of those imported meats, from reading some comment sections. We focus on heritage/heirloom - and won't ever have to worry about Chipotle coming to ask for our meats. They won't.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a17e269bedda0348575c6not mpvdFri, 05 Sep 2014 16:06:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a17e269bedda0348575c6
They do a great job hiding it because McDonald's has been full divested from Chipotle for something like 8 years already. You who owns Chipotle? Chipotle.
McDonald's did make a tidy profit though. They made 5x off of Chipotle what they invested in it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a03f869bedd745bff2580mpvdFri, 05 Sep 2014 14:42:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540a03f869bedd745bff2580
This article is written like the writer thinks Chipotle isn't fast food. It is. It also seems like they don't realize that Chipotle is owned by McDonalds. One of the driving forces behind Chipotle was almost certainly a response to a changing market. The negative press that places like McDonalds and Burger King have gotten because of their "meat" quality and whatnot, coupled with a modern society that is more health conscious, makes it obvious why Chipotle has done such a good job masking their affiliation to McDonalds.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409ff6169bedd4a3fff2586microglyphicsFri, 05 Sep 2014 14:22:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409ff6169bedd4a3fff2586
Pretty sure that McDonald's was never a parent company of Chipotle, just a large investor of its stocks.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409fcbaeab8ea000877b8f4SchindHaughtonFri, 05 Sep 2014 14:11:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409fcbaeab8ea000877b8f4
I can't see fast food dying altogether, at least not soon, because it is such a huge market. I can see a culling of the weaker chains soon though. McDonald's gets by on its variety, and Wendy's gets by on its quality, generally speaking (although Wendy's does need to get its act together in many aspects). Burger King tries to do what McDonald's does, but most of their new things fail and their food is generally inferior to both of them- I don't see them lasting. White Castle and Taco Bell are pretty secure where they are, as are the regional chains (Culver's, Whataburger, In-N-Out, etc.), Chick-fil-A is growing and will continue to grow because nobody else does what they do very well, and DQ kind of does its own thing and seems to be growing.
Also, a point that this article fails to mention is that Chipotle has very good prices for what you're getting. McDonald's isn't really that cheap anymore, and I usually end up spending the same amount at both (and Chipotle has the clearly superior food).http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409f54decad04e1101fa4b0IAmJeremyRiceFri, 05 Sep 2014 13:39:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409f54decad04e1101fa4b0
"Fast-food chains continue to be plagued with a perception their food is heavily processed and full of additives"
That is NOT perception, That is FACT. Hence the reason Chipotle, Burgerfi and the like are exploding.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409f4836bb3f71e72cd27b7SchindHaughtonFri, 05 Sep 2014 13:36:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409f4836bb3f71e72cd27b7
That's just because the barbacoa and carnitas are braised meats, so they slow-cook them during shipment. It would be both cost and labor intensive to prep those in the restaurant, and braised meats take very well to reheating. That doesn't make the food any less 'real'. You can look at the ingredients yourself.
The chicken and steak are all prepped in-store.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409f079eab8ea735a77b8f5DarleneFri, 05 Sep 2014 13:18:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409f079eab8ea735a77b8f5
I love how the title to the story mentions that fast food is being destroyed. I think it's more likely that fast food places like McDonald's are dying because it's customers are wising up about how bad the food can be for them. I read how Burger King killed off the satis-fries from their menu. I can see why. I tried them and they tasted terrible and left a funky aftertaste and coating in my mouth. I don't know the last time I got food from a McDonald's or Burger King. If I want a burger (that I can customize without risking employees spitting in my food McDonald's) I go to Five Guys.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409de8eeab8ea2c1177b8f6martijn.sjoordaFri, 05 Sep 2014 12:02:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5409de8eeab8ea2c1177b8f6
In other words: they don't sell recycled garbage as food and people are wisening up to, you know, maybe eating enhanced garbage isn't such a good idea...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540961306bb3f73d21785032jzdotFri, 05 Sep 2014 03:07:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/540961306bb3f73d21785032
I prefer Qdoba to Chipotle but only read about Chipotle on BI. Why?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/54094336ecad0453399d303erbFri, 05 Sep 2014 00:59:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/54094336ecad0453399d303e
What's with all the Chipotle propaganda of late? Ain't buying your stock.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/54090238eab8ea39138b456cEd GrubermanThu, 04 Sep 2014 20:22:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/54090238eab8ea39138b456c
Only the chicken though - notice that the "steak" and "carnitas" come from big vacu-pak bags?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408fdf86bb3f76010785030Yeah PZZI has some very enthusiasticThu, 04 Sep 2014 20:04:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408fdf86bb3f76010785030
investors, they've been predicting great things for quite a while now.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408f261eab8ea78558b4568hahaloThu, 04 Sep 2014 19:14:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408f261eab8ea78558b4568
You may *see* them opening 1,000,000 restaurants but their sales have been flat at approx. $40MM a year for 4 years. Sounds like a no-growth loser to me.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408f1ec69bedd5a7d9d3037hahaloThu, 04 Sep 2014 19:12:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408f1ec69bedd5a7d9d3037
A Pizza chain? In the age of low-carb, atkins, pale and Crossfit? Part of the reason Chipotle is killing it is that it is the only fast-food chain that offers low carb options with ease. Sorry but Pizza is on the wrong end of the trends in eating... People are trying to cut down on carbs not gorge on them... Nice try.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408e7d869beddc8509d3042PetuniaThu, 04 Sep 2014 18:29:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408e7d869beddc8509d3042
Chipotle's secret is that they use real food.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408e4d0ecad0484399d3038I'm sure its great, but...Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:16:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408e4d0ecad0484399d3038
I'm sure its great, but I'd argue the "Chipotle of Pizza" is actually Pizzeria Locale. I only say this because it was developed and financed by non other than Chipotle's CEO, Steve Ells.
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-partnership-with-pizzeria-2013-12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-partnership-with-pizzeria-2013-12</a>
Also, you post sounds like you'd like me to invest...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408ded469beddef319d3032SMFThu, 04 Sep 2014 17:51:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5408ded469beddef319d3032
Everyone should keep an eye on Pie Five Pizza which is owned by Pizza Inn (Ticker:PZZI). Pie Five is known as the 'Chipotle of Pizza' and is getting rave reviews. Entering hyper growth phase. The company is starting to aggressively roll out corp owned units and they have partnered with 16 restaurant groups and biz people to open over 200 more. Company has under a $70 mil market cap. People seriously like eating at Pie Five more than they like Chipotle. I see them opening 1000's of franchised locations and 1000's of corp owned locations.